How to Write Love Songs
| How to Write Love Songs | ||||
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| Studio album by Mass Mental? | ||||
| Released | 1999 | |||
| Length | 34:53 | |||
| Label | Zain | |||
| Producer | Mark Dodson | |||
| Mass Mental? chronology | ||||
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How to Write Love Songs is the only studio album of the short lived funk/nu metal supergroup Mass Mental?. It was released solely in Japan, and has only gained attention worldwide due to internet uploads and imported CDs. A limited run was released in March 2016.
Background
Mass Mental came into being in 1998 after bassist Robert Trujillo, then of Suicidal Tendencies, began auditioning for a new side project. There he met up with Welsh musician Benji Webbe, whose ragga-punk outfit Dub War had just disbanded following poor sales of their second album and disputes with Earache Records, who had also refused Webbe a solo album.[1][2] The group was rounded out with second bassist Armand Sabal-Lecco and drummer Brooks Wackerman. Skindred guitarist Mikey Demus claims that the late Snot frontman Lynn Strait performed on the album in one of his final recordings before his death.[3] The album was released in Japan in memory of Lynn.
Track List
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bounce" (co-written by Danny Carbonel) | 4:47 |
| 2. | "Go Mexican Go" | 4:34 |
| 3. | "Frog Stomp" | 3:05 |
| 4. | "Circus" | 1:19 |
| 5. | "Speedmental" | 4:09 |
| 6. | "I Win" | 4:34 |
| 7. | "Bad Vibes" | 2:41 |
| 8. | "Mazzmental" | 3:32 |
| 9. | "Lifeline" | 4:05 |
| 10. | "Kill Ya" | 2:02 |
Total length: |
34:53 | |
Personnel
- Mass Mental?
- Benji Webbe - vocals
- Robert Trujillo - bass guitar, Mixing
- Armand Sabal-Lecco - bass guitar
- Brooks Wackerman - drums, vocals on Speedmental
- Additional Personnel
- Roy Mayorga - drums, percussion
- Lynn Strait - vocals
- Danny Carbonel - vocals on Bounce
- Joey Castillo - "additional beats" on Frog Stomp
- John Wackerman - "Great Vibes" on I Win
- Danny Reyes - percussion on I Win
- Rick Battson - "Electric Mierda (Caca)" on Bad Vibes
- Stephen Perkins - drums on Lifeline
- Joey Klparda - percussion on Lifeline
- Whitfield Crane - growls on Kill Ya
- Cover artwork by Pascal Brun, Comenius Röthlisberger and Boris Zatko (TeamSwitzerland.com)
- Mark Dodson - production, engineering, mixing
- Mark Casselman - mastering, additional engineering, additional mixing
- D. Dunn - mixing
- Dave Draper - remastering (2016 "Ghetto Bootleg Edition" remaster)
References
- ↑ "Dub War". dubwar.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ↑ "ASK EARACHE: Rob Trujillo & Benji Webbe = Mass Mental". Askearache.blogspot.com. 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- ↑ "iamthewolf.net". iamthewolf.net. 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2012-09-03.